The truck pictured above was B16 in 1964.  During this year, this wildland engine and B3 were retrofitted with steel bars to change the way forest fires were fought.  Wardens William W. Hagerthy and Richard C. Haines turned their concept into reality in the Vincentown shop.  At first, the trucks were the laughing stock of the Forest Fire Service and almost cost them their jobs for retrofitting a State vehicle without permission.  Less than one year later, all of the Wardens wanted their trucks retrofitted.  They spent a year trying to keep up with B16 and B3 when they went into the woods in direct attack.  Most trucks could not follow and quickly learned the advantage of the steel armament.  The staff in Trenton also realized the advantage and funded the entire fleet in Division B and Division A to be retrofitted. The idea reached all the way to the Federal Government and plans were developed with accurate measurements and weight ratios for the United States Forest Service. Today, all of the trucks are built with the same concept and have proven that direct fire attack would not be possible without the bars. And just think, Section B3 is, "Where it all began".